IMB provides target group-oriented platform to textile traders
23 Nov '07
3 min read
For the two days of the IMB Forum 2007 - "Information Technology for the Textile Processing and Apparel Industry" - in Cologne, IT suppliers presented their newest products to an international audience of sector representatives. Most of the visitors to the Forum were users and procurement decision-makers from the textile processing and garment production industries.
The IMB Forum 2007 is organized by Koelnmesse in cooperation with the German Garment and Leather Technology Association (VDMA). Parallel to the exhibition, the accompanying specialist congress offered participants in-depth insights into the international activities of the sector. With 84 exhibitors from 12 countries, the number of exhibitors has grown by comparison with the figure for 2004.
Suppliers from Europe, the United States and China were represented at the stands. The 2007 IMB Forum grew not only in terms of exhibitor numbers, but also in terms of its exhibition space, which was 16 percent larger than the total area occupied by the 2004 event.
"Thanks to its success this year, the IMB Forum has finally established itself as an integral event within the sector," said Wolfgang Kranz, Executive Vice President of Koelnmesse GmbH. This is why the IMB Forum will be staged once again as part of IMB 2009 from April 21 to 24, 2009.
The reason for this was obvious, he said: "Because of the wealth of information it offers, the Forum meets the needs of market participants for a high-quality presentation and discussion forum that brings together in one place the industry, the trade, and research institutions."
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